"I hated everybody, even my teammates, I never talked to anybody. "I never had to work myself up for a game," he said. Belatedly inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2020 as part of its Centennial Class. Starred in movies ("Blazing Saddles") and TV ("Webster") after his NFL career was over. Court of Lions brings one of the great turning-points in human history to life, telling the dual stories of a modern woman and the last Moorish sultan of Granada, as they both move towards their cataclysmic destinies. Finished with 100 sacks for his career (albeit unofficially, as sacks weren't recognized by the NFL until 1982). Visual indication that the title is an audiobook. Suspended for the 1963 season for gambling, returned in 1964 and had 13 sacks and career-best 15 sacks in 1965.
The buzz: Made an All-Pro team eight times, spent his entire 12-year career with the Lions. MITCH ALBOM: Barry Sanders retirement a bombshell we should have seen coming 1958: DT Alex Karras Stunned the city on the eve of 1999's training camp with his retirement fax and escape to London. In her latest book, Court of Lions, she uses dual narratives to tell the story of two people living in Granada - Kate in modern day and Blessings in the 15th century. Missed just seven games, playing in 153 and rushing for 15,269 yards, still fourth all-time. Dallas in the 1991 playoffs helped the Lions to their first (and only) playoff win since the 1957 championship. Scored 99 rushing touchdowns and 10 receiving. Ran for 2,053 yards in 1997, second-most in a season at the time. She still works, remotely, as Fiction Publishing Director for HarperCollins.The buzz: Hall of Famer, 1997 NFL MVP, Offensive Rookie of the Year, six-time All-Pro and a Pro-Bowler in all 10 NFL seasons, all with the Lions. In October she married her own 'Berber pirate' and now they split their time between Cornwall and a village in the Anti-Atlas Mountains. She returned home, gave up her office job in London, sold her flat and shipped the contents to Morocco. In 2005 she was in Morocco researching the story of a distant family member who was abducted from a Cornish church in 1625 by Barbary pirates and sold into slavery in North Africa (which formed the basis for Crossed Bones / The Tenth Gift), when a near-fatal climbing incident caused her to rethink her future. She has also written several books for children. An epic saga of romance and redemption, Court of Lionsbrings one of the great hinge-points in human history to life, telling the stories of a modern woman and the last Moorish sultan of Granada. Under the pseudonym of Jude Fisher she wrote three bestselling Visual Companions to the films.
She was responsible for publishing the works of J R R Tolkien during the 1980s and 1990s and worked on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, spending many months in New Zealand with cast and crew.
Jane Johnson is from Cornwall and has worked in the book industry for 20 years, as a bookseller, publisher and writer.
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